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Helfrich met with the media at Halas Hall Thursday and compared developing young passers to a flight simulator.

“We put the quarterback through lightning and thunder and bad weather and winds and darkness and it’s not every day is blue sky. But we want him on the snap thinking, ‘I need to look at A and then B and then C,'” he said.

Helfrich expressed his excitement to get to work with Trubisky because of the obvious signs that he’s going to be a great pupil.

“The biggest thing that jumped out to me as I watched him on film is he’s coachable and you can tell a quarterback is coachable watching his feet and his eyes. His eyes are deliberate. They’re going from one to two to three or I’m looking here, high-low on this guy, whatever it is, they’re deliberate,” Helfrich said.

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Trubisky is starting his relationship with Helfrich with an already well-established set of skills.

“The other thing that jumped out is his (Trubisky) accuracy and taking care of the football,” said Helfrich. “He had I think a three-to-one or maybe even a four-to-one touchdown-to-interception ratio in college. That works. That’s a good thing. We need to continue that.”

Trubisky finished his rookie season completing 59.4-percent of his passes for 2,193 yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. He added 248 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

With advanced coaching and more talented receivers to throw to, Trubisky should experience a significant jump in production in 2018. And that should lead to a lot more wins, too.